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"Infirmity" (noun)

- Meaning: a physical or mental weakness or ailment, especially one associated with old age or chronic illness. It can also mean a moral weakness or failing.

- Examples:
- "He spent his final years confined by infirmity."
- "The court noted the defendant's infirmity of mind when considering the sentence."
- "She struggled with infirmities brought on by long-term disease."

- Synonyms: frailty, debility, weakness, ailment, illness, incapacity.

- Antonyms: strength, vigor, health.

- Etymology: from Latin infirmus meaning “not strong” (in- + firmus, “strong”).

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